Binding and filing device



E.` A. BANSCHBACHI' BINDING AND FILING DEVICE. APPLICATION FIL'ED NOV. ll, 1918- 'RENEWE DEC'. 18.1920.

Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

E. BANSCHBACH'. BINDING AND FILING DEVICE. I APPLICATION FILED Nov. I1, 191s. gsm-:win DEC. 18.19go.

1,437,955; I Patented Dec. 5,1922.

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ggg' Z E. A. .BANSCHBACH.

BINDING AND FILING DEVICE. .APPLICATION FILED Nov. III9Ia. IIENEwEn DIzc. Ia, 1920.

1,437,955. f PfIIenIea De@.5,1922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Patented Ecc. 5, 1922.

Enwelan A. aitsonnecn, on' oHICediiiniNo-isf f BINDING AND Finfitennvrciiif appncati'n filed Nevemb'er 11;"1e1a, serial Nol' 261,970. Renewed necembris", 19201 serial Nei-431.78%.

To all whom it mayonocm-f Bel it known that,l Enwiiin A. B-NSCH- nAoH, a .citizen of the United States,` resid ing at Chicago7 yin the countyof Cook and Statey of lllinois, have invented certain'new` dilfere'nt sheets as they are held in a binder or containen' and forrenderingthe'fshee'ts readily insertable and removable yfrom the The devi'cemay be also different holders.r

used as a ledger sub-divider' andl marker', and for otherwise facilitating' the 'keeping of accounts and vrecords and rendering them" readily laccessible when desired. To the "attainment of these ends'and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects, the invention consists in the features of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement ofthe yseveral part-s.

' Other objects will Aappear hereinafter.

In the accompanying dra-wings-l 1 i Fig. 1 is a side'elevation of a sheet holder or binder constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention;

" Fig. 2 is'a sectional view 'of the same;

Fig.' 3 is a detail section 'taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; i y

Fig. 4' shows one' of the perforated 'lock- 3 ing tongli'esof afshee't';

one' side; Fig. 6 'illustrates a holder with the l'foot' formedas an extension ofone of the covers; Fig'. rv7 shows oneof the vcovers provided with a hook' for engaginglthefcover of thel adjacent binding for elevating'on'e' side" of one of the binders more than the other Fig. '8 shows. 'a pluralityof binders' ^contained in a drawer;

Fig. 9 shows" a modiliedforin of binder;l

Fig. 10 is' atop' view 'of a portion of a containing 4drawer as shown in Fig. 85'? Figs. 11 and '12 illustrate "a" different means-for elevating oneside' of a binder; Fig. 13 is a side view o f a skeletondrawer; Fig. 14' is a top '.view of' the saine;

Fig. 15 is a section taken' on line 15415` of Fig. y13; and

Fig." 16 isf. a detail" showing 'theengagelf animent fof @neef the binder elevators as shown it-"isdesirable not only that the separate Fig".v 5 illustrates a holder with a foot on` bywFigS. ii and iawithvthe'tfak ofthe skeleton` drawer.

lnf'any loosev leaf binder' or filing device sheetsor leaves may be easily removed from and inserted 'in tliebinder, but also that' the leaves even when contained in the binder may be rendered `easily accessible veven' though'tliey and the binder itself arecon-ftainedfin'a drawer or other receptacleprovided' ffor holdingthem. The object, of course,"is` to enable 'one vto see at a glance whatfis 'written or printed upon the card Vor slieetso that one sheet can be quickly distinguished' from5 another in'locating and reading. the desired sheet or card In the present invention it 'is proposed toy providea llol'oseleaf binder comprising a pair of' covers' which may beused as a sub-divider or for marl'zersfand to providethe covers or th'ebinde'r with means for tilting the" back 'thereof in such ya way that one side of the binder when contained in a flatdrawerf or container will be raised above the other side`,`thus"separating the sheetsin the binder and rendering themv freely ac cessiblesothat they can be quickly thumbed by' a person Awho is searching for a particular card. The

advantage of this'will vbe readily apparent `kind and sizein'a common container.

ln' the present invention the sub-divider or -lbinder may consist of a simpleholder, as 12, comprising a stiff back 1 with covers 2 illustrated more clearlyin'l Figs.` 9,11 and hinged 'thereto' and formed of the same or other suitable material', preferably thin sheet metal. Aty theI ends ofthe back small triangular vpieces 3 are freely hingedly which are adapted to swing' downwardly, as shown more clearly in Fig. 5, when the binder as a whole is' raised from the base of any containert'in' which'it ishe'ld.` "lt is obvious that'J when these 'small triangular pieces are'100 swung downwardly that'they will raise one. sideo'f* 'the-f holder relatively to lthe other- "one so that'the upperl or outer edgesof a number of sheets 4 contained "inlthe holder l will be correspondingly' inclined and there-105 foresep'arated'so'that'they canbe quicklythumbe'dfor examining the sheets in the wellknown manner.

` A ampie 'impedan to ecompiisaigihef' saine' result is showri incre 'clearly .infyFigziSmi la and comprises a wedge-shaped piece of material 5 which is disposed at the front end of a drawer 6 in which a nuinher of holders are contained. When any one oic these holders is moved upwardly on the inclined block 5, the upper edges of the sheets in the holder will he correspondingly inclined so that they can he readily separated 'and easily examined, as desired.

instead of having a solid drawer, as illustrated in F ig. 8, a skeleton drawer 7 may he provided, which is much lighter and practically as strong as a solid drawer made of the saine material.v rllhis drawer has bottom pieces 8 which carry small channels or grooved rails 9 which are adapted to engage the small triangular pieces 3 at `the ends of the holder1 illustrated in Fig.' 12. lt will he observedk that one ot these rails 9 is close to the left-hand side wall oi the drawen as viewed in Fig. 15, while the other rail 9 is at some little distance from the right-hand wall so that the holders will he spaced, as shown more clearly in Fig. 10, when contained in a sleleton drawer, as well as in a drawer ot the type shown in, Fig. 10. The object of this is to provide a space at the right hand edge otthe holders so that certain of the i ing;` thus elevated, the hinged pieces 3 n li sheets l may he moved outwardly in th at direction, it desired, to separate them from the other sheets oi' the holder. lt will heohserved furthermore that hy providing this space at one side only oi' the drawer it is more easily possible to register thehinged triangular pieces 3 with the grooves of the rails 9 for the holders can he simply raised until the triangular pieces hang downwardly and that hy pressing the holder to the letthand side lof the drawer the triangular pieces will registcrwith the groove rails 9 at each side of the drawer. `When the holder is moved sideways in the drawer, after hewill fold under the holder and allow the holder to rest l'lat upon its hach in the drawer.

lt is valso contemplated that the haelt ot each holder may he formed with perforations through which a tongue 10 of a sheet 11, as shown hy Fig. d, may he inserted, the

tongue itself being formed with al slot 12Y which registers with the slots of other sheets. At the bottom oit such a holder there is provided aiclamping,devicehaving a bach 13 which extends `ver the edges of' .the tongues 10 and having, `cooperating "Each separa" members i4- and 15 and moving the notches apart. lt will he observed that this clamping device to r s a protecting hack and cover which extends over the hack proper oiu the iolder itselir' and thus protects the tongues 10 of tlc-.e sheets 11 which project through the haelt of the holder. lt contemplated that either` or both oit the covers oit the binders which have beenv cescriled may he provided with a. projectini' hoch lug 13 near the outer edge. as l strated in ll" i", which is adapted to the ripper edge of the adjacent cover hinder nent to it so that it will he held raised above the other coverv which is not so hooked over the adjacent hinder, as 'i .strated in F i', which will. incline the der and correspondingly incline the upffes ot the sheets contained in the Also, instead of having hinged piece, as shown more clearly hy Figs. 11 and 12, the hack 19 ot a holder, shown by Fig. 5may he provided with a rigid toot 2O which raises one side of the holder above the other; or one of the covers 21 may be formed with an extension 22, as shown hy F 6, which will also accomplish the same result. all of these constructions it will he ohserved that the object is to elevate one side loi: the holder' above the opposite side thereciI so that the edges of the sheets will. be separ each other to 'facilitate in thumhing them,

lt will he apparent that with this conneed as sab-dividers, and, ot course, j sheets may he provided in 'the y i hinders themselves, which is common practice, to separate or designate suhdiv' binderspreferably extend slightly beyond the edges oit the sheets contained therein.k rlhe separate binders are readily removable from a. dr wer receptacle containing a number ict ein, and the sheets are separately remorahl `from the hinder or holder.

. r or vholder is easily acccssih`ie while i )ntained the common drawer orreceptacle and each sheet can he examined without actuallyl removing Vthe hinderin which itis contained from the receptacle. l

sions in the hinders, as the covers olf the ln using the binding' device, as shown hy Figs. 1 to 4, it is not intended that the .clamping device shall be used on each. of

holders are placed in the containers without clamps .thefbacks-ot the holders rest on lraised rails, such as the channels 9 in Figs.

lll and l5, and thus the tongues l0 are held above the bottom of thev container. Also, 1n

order to spacer a holder of' this type"atone side of the drawer, as illustrated in Fig. l0, the clamping device at the back of suc-h 'a holder may beformed somewhat longer thanI which the cards or sheets for posting may be offset or set out at one side, as shown in Fig. l0.

I claim l. ln a binding andiling device, a container', a plurality of loose leaf holders arranged in said container and free to be lift ed therefrom, each holder having the sides thereof arranged to rest normally' at the same level, and means for raising one side of each holder more than the other side thereof.

2. ln a binding and tiling device, a loose leaf holder having a back and covers hinged thereto and adapted to rest on the back, a Hat bottom container for accumulating a plurality of said holders and means for raising one side of a holder, While in said container, a greater distance from the bottom of said container than the other side of sait holder.

3. ln a binding and filing device, the combination with a plurality of loose sheets, of a binder therefor comprising a back upon which the binder is adapted to rest and hinged covers at the sides thereof, and means for raising one side thereof more than the other.

4c. In a binding and linig device, the combination With a plurality of loose sheets, of a holder therefor having a back uponwhich the holder is adapted to rest and covers pivoted thereto extending in an upright directions, and means for inclining the back so that one of the covers is raised more than the other, thus correspondingly separating the upper edges of sheets contained in the holder so that they may be easily separated in thumbing them.

5. In a binding and filing device, a loose leaf holder having a back and covers hinged thereto, the holder normally resting upon the back and the covers extending upwardly therefrom, and means for raising one edge of the back at Will to thereby elevate one cover above the other and to correspondingly" incline any loose leaves contained in the holder so that they will be separated at the upper edges thereof. j

6. The combination With a plurality .of loose sheets, of a binder or holder therefor, and means separate from the holder for engaging the edges of the sheets to secure them in the holder or to secure them to one another independently of the holder.

7. The combination with a loose leaf This will vinsure that there' is space at one end o'tthe binder or holder inv holder 'having' a back Aand hinged covers, of

' a plurality of loose sheets adapted to be con'- tained in the holder and projecting through the bach thereof, and means for engaging the edges of the sheets whichy project through theback ofthe holder for binding the sheets together in the holderw Y' `d. Thecombination With a loose leaf holder comprising van apertured"back,l of" a plurality of sheets'having projections extending't'hrough the apertures of said backand adapted to be contained in the holder, and removable means for engagingthe projecm ing portions of said sheets to bind them together and to prevent them from becoming disengaged from the holder.`

9. The combination with a loose leaf holder j having a perforated back, of a plurality .of sheets adapted to .be contained in the holder and having slotted tongues Which project through the opening lin the back, and removable means engaging in the slots of the said leaves for binding the leaves together` and for preventing their removal from the holder.

10.'The combination with a loose leaf holder comprising a back with openings therein and hinged covers, of a plurality of sheets having projections which extend through the openingsin the back, means for raising one of the covers relativelyto the other for correspondingly inclining the back and the sheets contained in the holder,and a clamping device'having means for engaging the projecting portions of the sheets for `binding them together and preventing their removal from the holder. i

1l. In a binding and filing device, the

combination with. a loose leaf holder having a back and covers hinged thereto, of a receptacle Wider than the length of the holder in Which the holder rests upon` its back With the covers extending upwardly therefrom7 a plurality of loose sheets adaptedto4 be contained in the holder but separately removable therefrom and movable endvvise in the space of the receptacle at oneend of the holder, and means for inclining the back of the holder at Will to elevate one cover thereof more than the other so that the sheets con* tained between the covers will be correspondingly separated tofacilitate thumbing them.

12. In a binding andling device, a loose leaf holder having a perforated back upon Which it is adapted to rest, a plurality ofy loose sheets having projections insertable through the perfo'rations of the back of the holder, a receptacle in vvhichsaid holder is placed With the free edges of the sheets disposed uppermost, means for inclining 'the back of the hol-der at Will in the4 receptacle to separate the upper edges of the sheets for thumbing them, and a removable bind.- ing device for engaging the projections of the sheets which extend through the perforations for holding the sheets together and forpreventing their removal from the hinder.

13. In a binding and filing device, a loose leaf holder having a, back and covers hinged thereto, e. plurality of loose sheets adapted to be contained in the holder, a skeleton drawer comprising an ripper eonining rail and a pair of bottoni supports upon which the back of 'the holder rests with Jthe covers extending upwardly therefrom, and means operable aft willr While the holder is eoliteined in the drawer for raising one cover of the holder relatively to the other cover,

so that the upper edges of sheets ton'tained therein will be correspondingly raised one above the other so that they can be easily.l 

